's prime minister-in-waiting warned that House Speaker 's trip to had put the U.S.-China relationship on a 'very worrying' trajectory and warned the two nations may 'sleepwalk into conflict' if neither side takes action to deescalate. 'Following the visit, tensions have gone up one notch,' Lawrence Wong said in an interview with Bloomberg. 'And that's the risk that can happen, that we're starting to see a series of decisions being taken by both countries that will lead us to more dangerous territory.' Wong is the current deputy prime minister and finance minister. He expressed concern over potential conflict in the Taiwan Strait or the South Sea, where China has been ramping up its military drills.
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